The Puthuppally bypoll result is a combination of the massive sympathy wave in favour of United Democratic Front (UDF) candidate Chandy Oommen following the death of his father and former Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and a strong anti-incumbency feeling against the Left Democratic Front (LDF) government, Bharatiya Janata Party State president K. Surendran has said.
The people of Puthuppally utilised the bypoll to hit out strongly against the corrupt Communist Party of India (Marxist) by endorsing the UDF candidate.
However, the massive mandate for Mr. Oommen is a temporary phenomenon, one that is typically seen in all bypolls in Kerala when it is conducted following the death of a candidate, especially one as popular as Oommen Chandy had been, Mr. Surendran said, addressing the media here on Friday.
